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would then be not only lefs fteady, but the clofer he prefl: 

 them to the Saddle, the more would he be lifted above 

 it ; and with refped to his- Buttocks and Thighs, he ought 

 always to be in the Middle of the Saddle, and lit down full 

 and clofe upon it. 



Having thus firmly placed the immoveable Parts, let us 

 pafs on to the iirft of the Moveable ; which is, as I have 

 already obferved, the Body or Trunk, as far as to the Waift : 

 I comprehend in the Body or Trunk, the Head, the 

 Shoulders, the Breaft, the Arms, the Hands, the Loins, 

 and the Waift, of the Horfeman. 



The Head fliould be free, firm, and eafy, in order to be 

 ready for all the natural Motions that the Horfeman may 

 make, in turning it to one Side or the other : It fhould be 

 fi.rm, that is to fay ftrait, without leaning to the Right or 

 Left, neither advanced, nor thrown back ; it fhould be 

 eafy, becaufe if othenvife, it would occafion a StifFnefs, and 

 that Stiffnefs affeding the different Parts of the Body, ef- 

 pecially the Back-bone, they would be without Eafe, and 

 -conftrained. 



The Shoulders alone influence by their Motion the Breaft, 

 the Reins, and the Waift. 



The Horfeman fhould prefent or advance his Breaft ; by 

 this his whole Figure opens and difplays itfelf : He fhould 

 have a fmall Hollow in his Loins, and fhould pufli his 

 Waifl: forward to the Pommel of the Saddle, becaufe this 



3 Pofition 



